Ivory Coast strongman Gbagbo has less than 1,000 troops

Fewer than 1,000 fighters remain loyal to besieged Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo, French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said on Thursday. “Today, at the moment, former president Gbagbo’s forces are reportedly a bit less than 1,000,” Longuet said, adding that 200 of these fighters are at the presidential residence in the country’s main city, Abidjan, […]